| Vermilion-Lloydminster | |
| Province: | Alberta |
| Prov-Status: | defunct |
| Prov-Created: | 1993 |
| Prov-Abolished: | 2019 |
| Prov-Election-First: | 1993 |
| Prov-Election-Last: | 2015 |
Vermilion-Lloydminster was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using first past the post method of voting from 1993 to 2019.
The largest communities in the constituency are City of Lloydminster, Town of Vermilion and Town of Viking.
The electoral district was created in the 1993 boundary re-distribution out of the old Lloydminster and Vermilion-Viking districts.
Under the Alberta electoral boundary re-distribution of 2004, the constituency was bounded by the Saskatchewan border to the east, and clockwise from there is bounded by Battle River-Wainwright, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville, Lac La Biche-St. Paul and Bonnyville-Cold Lake.[1] The district remained completely unchanged in the 2010 electoral boundary re-distribution.[2]
The electoral district was abolished in the 2017 electoral boundary re-distribution, and redistributed into Vermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright and Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville electoral districts which would take effect for the 2019 Alberta general election.[3]
| 80 Vermilion-Lloydminster 2003 boundaries[4] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bordering districts | ||||
| North | East | West | South | |
| Bonnyville-Cold Lake and Lac La Biche-St. Paul | Saskatchewan boundary | Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville | Battle River-Wainwright | |
| riding map goes here | ||||
| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act. | ||||
| Starting at the intersection of Highway 36 with the north boundary of Sec. 6 in Twp. 53, Rge. 12 W4; then 1. east along the north boundary of Secs. 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 in Twp. 53, Rges. 12 and 11 W4 to the east boundary of Rge. 11 W4; 2. south along the east boundary of Rge. 11 W4 to the north boundary of Twp. 52; 3. east along the north boundary of Twp. 52 to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 34 in Twp. 52, Rge. 8 W4; 4. south along the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 34 to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 34; 5. east along the north boundary of the south half of Secs. 34 and 35 to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 35; 6. south along the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 35 to the north boundary of Sec. 26; 7. east along the north boundary of Secs. 26 and 25 in the Twp. and the north boundary of Secs. 30, 29, 28 and 27 in Twp. 52, Rge. 7 W4 to the east boundary of Sec. 34; 8. north along the east boundary of Sec. 34 in the Twp. and the east boundary of Secs. 3, 10 and 15 in Twp. 53, Rge. 7 W4 to the north boundary of Sec. 14; 9. east along the north boundary of Secs. 14 and 13 in Twp. 53, Rge. 7 W4 and the north boundary of Secs. 18, 17, 16 and 15 in Rge. 6 to the east boundary of Sec. 22; 10. north along the east boundary of Secs. 22, 27 and 34 in the Twp. and the east boundary of Secs. 3, 10, 15, 22, 27 and 34 in Twp. 54 and the east boundary of Secs. 3, 10, 15 and 22 in Twp. 55 to the north boundary of Sec. 23 in Twp. 55, Rge. 6 W4; 11. east along the north boundary of Secs. 23 and 24 in the Twp. and the north boundary of Secs. 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24 in Twp. 55, Rge. 5 W4 and the north boundary of Secs. 19, 20 and 21 in Twp. 55, Rge. 4 W4 to the right bank of the North Saskatchewan River; 12. downstream along the right bank to the north boundary of Twp. 54, Rge. 3 W4; 13. east along the north boundary of Twp. 54 to the east boundary of Sec. 4 in Twp. 55, Rge. 3 W4; 14. north along the east boundary of Secs. 4, 9, 16, 21, 28 and 33 to the north boundary of Twp. 55, Rge. 3 W4; 15. east along the north boundary of Twp. 55 to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 3, Twp. 56, Rge. 3 W4; 16. north along the east boundary of the west half of Secs. 3 and 10 to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 10 in the Twp.; 17. east along the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 10 to the south boundary of Unipouheous Indian Reserve No. 121; 18. east and north along the Indian Reserve to the south boundary of the Fishing Lake Métis Settlement; 19. east, north and east along the Métis Settlement to the east boundary of the Province; 20. south along the east boundary of the Province to the right bank of the Battle River; 21. upstream along the right bank to the north boundary of Sec. 17 in Twp. 47, Rge. 5 W4; 22. west along the north boundary of Secs. 17 and 18 in the Twp. and the north boundary of Secs. 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 in Twp. 47, Rges. 6 and 7 W4 to the east boundary of Rge. 8 W4; 23. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 24 in Twp. 47, Rge. 8 W4; 24. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 25 in the Twp.; 25. north along the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 25 to the north boundary of Sec. 25; 26. west along the north boundary of Secs. 25 and 26 in the Twp. to the east boundary of Sec. 34 in the Twp.; 27. north along the east boundary of Sec. 34 to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 34; 28. west along the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 34 to the east boundary of Sec. 33 in the Twp.; 29. north along the east boundary of Sec. 33 to the north boundary of Twp. 47; 30. west along the north boundary of Twp. 47 to the east boundary of Sec. 6 in Twp. 48, Rge. 8 W4; 31. north along the east boundary of Sec. 6 to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 6; 32. west along the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 6 to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 6; 33. north along the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 6 to the north boundary of Sec. 6; 34. west along the north boundary of Sec. 6 to the east boundary of Rge. 9 W4; 35. north along the east boundary of Rge. 9 W4 to the north boundary of Sec. 12 in Twp. 48, Rge. 9 W4; 36. west along the north boundary of Sec. 12 to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 13 in the Twp.; 37. north along the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 13 to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 13; 38. west along the north boundary of the south half of Secs. 13 and 14 in the Twp. to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 14; 39. north along the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 14 to the north boundary of Sec. 14; 40. west along the north boundary of Secs. 14, 15, 16 and 17 in the Twp. to the east boundary of Sec. 18 in the Twp.; 41. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 18; 42. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 10 W4; 43. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 13 in Twp. 48, Rge. 10 W4; 44. west along the north boundary of Secs. 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 in the Twp. to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 17 in the Twp.; 45. south along the east boundary of the west half of Secs. 17, 8 and 5 in the Twp. and the east boundary of the west half of Secs. 32, 29, 20, 17, 8 and 5 in Twp. 47, Rge. 10 W4 to the north boundary of Twp. 46; 46. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 32 in Twp. 46, Rge. 10 W4; 47. south along the east boundary of Secs. 32, 29, 20, 17, 8 and 5 in Twp. 46, Rge. 10 W4 to the north boundary of Twp. 45; 48. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 3 in Twp. 46, Rge. 13 W4; 49. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 3; 50. west along the north boundary of Secs. 3 and 4 to the intersection with Highway 36; 51. north along Highway 36 to the north boundary of Twp. 46 52. west along the north boundary of Twp. 46 to the east boundary of Sec. 5 in Twp. 47, Rge. 13 W4; 53. north along the east boundary of Secs. 5, 8, 17, 20, 29 and 32 in the Twp. and the east boundary of Secs. 5, 8, 17 and 20 in Twp. 48 to the north boundary of Sec. 21; 54. east along the north boundary of Secs. 21, 22 and 23 to Highway 36 in Twp. 48, Rge. 13 W4; 55. north along Highway 36 to the starting point. | ||||
| Note: | ||||
| 84 Vermilion-Lloydminster 2010 boundaries | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bordering districts | ||||
| North | East | West | South | |
| Bonnyville-Cold Lake and Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills | Saskatchewan boundary | Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville | Battle River-Wainwright | |
| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act. | ||||
| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act. | ||||
| Note: The district remained unchanged in 2010. | ||||
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Vermilion-Lloydminster | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Lloydminster and Vermilion-Viking 1971–1993 | ||||
| 23rd | 1993–1997 | Steve West | Progressive Conservative | |
| 24th | 1997–2001 | |||
| 25th | 2001–2004 | Lloyd Snelgrove | ||
| 26th | 2004–2008 | |||
| 27th | 2008–2012 | |||
| 2012 | Independent | |||
| 28th | 2012–2015 | Richard Starke | Progressive Conservative | |
| 29th | 2015–2019 | |||
| See Vermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright and Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville 2019– | ||||
The riding was created in 1993 and has been returning Progressive Conservative MLA's with large majorities since it was created. The first member was Steve West who had previously served as MLA for Vermilion-Viking for two terms beginning in 1986. While representing this riding he served a number of cabinet portfolios in the government of Ralph Klein. West retired from office in 2001.
The second representative of the riding is Lloyd Snelgrove who was first elected in 2001 and has since served three terms in office. Snelgrove briefly served as Minister of Finance under the government of Ed Stelmach. He decided to leave the Progressive Conservative caucus on January 27, 2012 and sit is an Independent after becoming disenchanted with Premier Alison Redford.[5]
Dr. Richard Starke won the riding for the Progressive Conservatives in the 2012 election, and was one of only two PC MLAs to win re-election outside of Calgary in the 2015 election. He placed second in the PC leadership election of 2017 on a campaign of remaining an independent party from Wildrose. When the PCs subsequently voted to join the Wildrose and form the United Conservative Party, he announced he would continue to sit as a PC rather than join the new party.[6]
Starke retired at the end of the 29th Legislature. The district was abolished at the same time, and replaced with Vermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright.
| 2004 Senate nominee election results Vermilion-Lloydminster[7] | Turnout 41.97% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % votes | % ballots | Rank | Independent | Link Byfield | 2,296 | 9.79% | 30.89% | 4 | Michael Roth | 2,183 | 9.31% | 29.37% | 7 | Gary Horan | 1,890 | 8.06% | 25.43% | 10 | Vance Gough | 1,878 | 8.01% | 25.27% | 8 | Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 1,090 | 4.64% | 14.67% | 9 | |
| Total votes | 23,456 | 100% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total ballots | 7,432 | 3.16 votes per ballot | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 1,716 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Participating schools[8] | |
|---|---|
| Holy Rosary High School | |
| J.R. Robson School | |
| South Ferriby School | |
| Tulliby Lake School | |
| Vermilion Elementary School | |
| Viking School |
| 2004 Alberta student vote results[9] | ||||||||||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Liberal | Patricia Thomas | 128 | 13.63% | NDP | Ray Stone | 77 | 8.20% | |
| Total | 939 | 100% | ||||||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 37 | |||||||||||
| 2012 Alberta student vote results | ||||||||||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Liberal | Corina Ganton | % | NDP | Raymond Stone | % | |||
| Total | 100% | |||||||||||